The (unofficial) Tour de Fat

Ugh! That is the theme for today.

Got up early again and met Iggy young Rob and 26er to mark up new Short Track course. Really like new track though much different the the first 2.

Suited up for the ride and did a lap on ST which by now was PB. Then headed up into north.

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My legs hated me from the start. I could not get a comfortable rhythm and with ice cream lumpy and cardiac bypass. I passed on the candyass section which was where Iggy had a 45 min flat fix. So I waited and took these.

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Then rode back to find Rob waiting by himself.

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It was demo day for young Rob 😀 While waiting some more Former Cycleworks head John showed Chatted and ask to join in with us.

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We did get rolling and proceeded down orange and out.

Heading into Deer Park and through to get to rouge trail which is everyones fav. Once we got down orange 26er and Rob took a bail back to camp. Iwe headed right for the north crossover which was new to John and got to his truck and said goodbye. Iggy and took our easiest bail and road the road back to camp.

I had visions today of 40 miles but the 5 day commute in the winds last week I think took there toll. Along with the fact that carbon rigid in north is like 3 rounds with Tyson in his prime.

The ride

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/157127350
 
Today was rare day that our kids both had a playdate. This can lead to 2 rare things for the wife and I, playing footsies under the sheets or ride our bike together. We choose the later. I set out with a plan, drag her as far as I can without breaking her. I am absolutely astonished how far she went without a whine. Totally impressed and proud of how well she did today. This was not exactly an easy route and Patty rode like a champ. I'd say 75%+ was on some form of dirt. Started right from the castle and through town. Took her on the far reach out of SSP and along the whole lower part to bypass to North. Did the fun stuff on the right of S&M trail before hitting up WWillys. Continued to white where we had encountered a rare sighting of Jdog. Continued up over cardiac bypass and down to tranquility lot. Then hit the abandoned rail bed for the next 7+ miles till it was back to pavement and climb to the castle.

http://app.strava.com/rides/6064075

My weekly totals
166 miles
12.4 hrs
8024 ft elev

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5X1Ex31uvg
 
What started as a road hillz ride ended 4 miles in with yet again another broken spoke. Call wife for rescue get back home hop on MTB and roll from cribz. Did my urban to SSP entry beat my KOM on climb, hit a bunch of the park then rolled up DP. Tried for KOM on orange only to find I missed by like 8 seconds Damn! Felt really good today 2 crashes at speed says that I am riding aggressively and ready to pull for top 10 in SSaP. Commuting has done so much to get the fitness level up that I am feeling better then last time I was running a top 5 at SSaP before I flatted 2 years ago.

The ride including 4 miles of broken spoke

http://app.strava.com/rides/6405303
 
I dont think anyone reads this but makes for good reference when someone wants to steal a route.

So things I LOVE

palstic frames
2x10
cane creek bar ends
1 good ear thanks germy
no mechanicals
Beer
Norm buying me new Ipad

Solo

http://app.strava.com/rides/6743778
 
Good seeeing you out there today,you looked like you were on a mission. Game face def on matty.
 
I read! and I enjoy your posts and looking at the loops - trying to figure out exactly where you were/if I can get there!

😀
 
mtb triple with a woody

First Off #1 thing I love is My Wife 🙂

Plan was 50m 5000k elv

First excuse this is day 7 on a bike followed by 13 of 14 days on a bike or whatever lost count...

This is what it ended up
http://app.strava.com/rides/7187636

This is my last week
http://app.strava.com/athletes/311353

Makes me want to go out and ride 6 more miles 😀

Off the bike tomorrow then SSaP preride Tue followed by easy commuting for the rest week with a couple 3 sister efforts...
 
mattybfat said:
I dont think anyone reads this but makes for good reference when someone wants to steal a route.

So things I LOVE

palstic frames
2x10
cane creek bar ends
1 good ear thanks germy
no mechanicals
Beer
Norm buying me new Ipad

Solo

http://app.strava.com/rides/6743778
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I browse and I enjoy reading some of the adventure stories/failures, and I am working up the courage to try one of your park triples starting from the School on Rt. 517.....

Things I love:

-Too fat for plastic frames (alum. or steel for me)
-BEER! & Jack Daniels w/coke zero!!
-Old to Mid-School bmx stuff
-90's Alternative/Grunge Music
-No bar ends (unless I'm in good view of the bar tender!!)
-days off of work so I can ride!!
 
mattybfat said:
First excuse this is day 7 on a bike followed by 13 of 14 days on a bike or whatever lost count...
Click to expand...
But the real excuse is the ill-prepared zero-body-fat sissy who decided to tag along with you.

My recap:

I fully expected to wake up on Sunday morning, see a downpour, and bail out of this ride.

But I was pleasantly surprised to find the ground nearly dry and no rain on the NJ radar, so I fueled up with a bowl of Cheerios, gathered up my riding stuff and headed north.

I've got no good excuse - summer on the brain I suppose - but it didn't even cross my mind to wear more than shorts and short sleeves until I was shivering in Enzo's parking lot at 7:55 & 45 degrees.

No problem, I'll just reach into my duffel bag for the arm warmers I always keep in there...

No arm warmers in there.

Whatever, I'll tough it out!

SSP and DP were in great shape and we had a blast for the first few hours. The little rain that we got overnight was just enough to make the trails perfectly tacky. But my body never really warmed up, so my legs felt weak the whole time. Pretty early on, I realized that I'd be way too cold if we did the rail trail up to Kittatinny and back, so I begged out of that and Matty did some quick recalculating to squeeze the most out of the 3 parks instead of the planned 4.

We headed into Mooch North on the Tranquility side just in time for the rain to really kick in, threatening to put some Death in our Death March. Our spirits sank and our technical riding skills went to pot as we zombied our way thru the park, luckily with no injuries or mechanicals. We finally reached our Waterloo water stash around noon, just as Matty's 2nd bottle went dry. We refueled and I must have looked pretty pathetic because he insisted that I put on his windstop jacket. It was thin and quickly got soaked thru, but it was much better than bare arms.

We would take a relatively direct route thru SSP from here, but we were still far from our starting point, so we still had almost 2 hours ahead of us. Matty came back to life as soon as we got back into SSP, which was great because I had to work hard to keep up and it took my mind off of how insanely cold I was. I was only slightly kidding when we rode by an abandoned house and I suggested setting it on fire for some warmth.

Eventually, in a stroke of merciful brilliance, Matty stopped alongside the trail and pulled out his phone. He called Enzo's and ordered two sausage & egg subs. Which meant we only had 15 minutes left to ride and that we'd have hot food waiting when we got there, Hallelujah!

So I pushed thru the last few miles and survived another TDF Death March...barely.
 
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